| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Two-Headed Monster Writes a Story | |||||||
| Air date | March 10, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | The Count and Gordon count all the body parts on Miles, which add up to "one fine, wonderful, beautiful baby boy." |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | NTV host Nora Nicks introduces Nick Normal and the Nickmatics singing "The Letter N." (First: Episode 2071) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | Worms form the number 8. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1563) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin is out in the cold. (First: Episode 1964) |
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Animation | A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184) |
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Muppets | Ernie won't let Bert into the apartment. Bert thinks he might be sad, and then Bert thinks Ernie might be hiding something from Bert, which makes him mad and demand to be let in. He comes in, and Ernie has thrown him a surprise party. Guests at the party include Roosevelt Franklin, Herbert Birdsfoot, Prairie Dawn, Sherlock Hemlock, Grover, Guy Smiley, and a mailman. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (First: Episode 0630) |
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SCENE 2 | Gladys the Cow feels incensed when she finds Elmo trying to act like her. He claims they're the same, and Gladys is quick to point out the obvious physical differences. Elmo notes how they both have eyes and mouths, and that he can give milk. Gladys finds this ridiculous as Elmo darts off and returns to give her a glass of milk. ("Elmo give cheese too, and pastrami sandwich! Elmo give anything Gladys wants!") |
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Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (First: Episode 0173) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "If I Were." (First: Episode 1676) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Forgetful Jones asks Daniela if she will tell him the word on a sign, which says "Yes". But every time she tells him the word, he thinks she is saying yes to telling him the word. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | Song: What Do People Do All Day? (First: Episode 1511) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: A loaf of bread is profiled. (First: Episode 0709) |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Film | Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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Celebrity | Carly Simon sings "Be With Me" with Telly and some kids. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Apes play at the zoo. (edited) (First: Episode 0045) |
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Cartoon | Car stuck on tar (First: Episode 1732) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie plays doctor and makes Bert be the patient for his check-up. He checks Bert's heart, mouth and more. At the end, Bert wonders how he is feeling, but Ernie can't tell him that until he's a real doctor, twenty-three years from now. Bert faints after Ernie's answer and Ernie wonders if there's a doctor in the house. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Film | Two apples balance on a block seesaw. |
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Cartoon | The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1645) |
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SCENE 3 | The Two-Headed Monster sees the kids working in the yard; Maria explains they're all writing stories. Jason, Sean, and Rachel read the monster some of their work, which he enjoys and finds so inspiring he wants to write something as well. Maria supplies him a pencil and paper and the monster gets to work... |
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Cartoon | A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Song | "Come into the Garden" (First: Episode 1357) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon. (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria reads the monster's finished story to the kids, which is filled with emotion... and written in their monster language. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0623) |
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Animation | It's a crocodile Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1663) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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SCENE 5 | The Two-Headed Monster brainstorm their next story with Maria, who continues conversing in monster tongue. The three heads begin to argue as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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